for me 2026 definitely been more of a non hip hop year i still need to listen to a lot of s***, and the major releases i heard didnt move me at all

but these are the ones i personally think are remarkable / excellent and i enjoy a lot

It's Been Awful by Zay
Redstar Wu & The World by Genesis Owusu
Bulldawg by Kenny Mason
Tigray Funk by Sideshow
Mastiff: Pink Tiles by Lelo
Sir Render by Navy Blue
Cry Baby by Vince Staples
Ceremonial by Black Milk
Weekend Superstar by Feng
Who Coppin by Larry June
Hardbody by Nickelus F

I think every major rap release disappointed me this year: Drake, J Cole, Rocky, Future, Ross….

My 3 favs were Don Toliver which he’s like a rap R&B hybrid, this new thirteendegrees but that’s just more vibe music, and Bossman Dlow

Edit: completely forgot Zay in my favs. I usually just check my playlist to remember which albums came out this year but I never added songs to it from Zay

F*** i forgot kelela that s*** was hard

Kenny Mason the only one on this list I’m still replaying tbh

my young goat

seeing him live in 2 weeks

him and fatt are smart they got songs with pz & lone coming

they gone have the twitter ug niggas on their side at least lol

u get it lol

rylo and nine that’s it

Iceman still got the club jumpin, but I’ve been listening to a lot of older rap lately

A great album can single handedly keep a washed artist relevant and I’d say there is a market for being able to perform and do hits that people actually remember. End of the day nobody is going to a Future show to hear his new s***

We don’t remember a single new rapper this decade because they’re all ass

This is one of the best rap collabs of the year fosure tho

Iceman gave me the strength to process my b**** ex wife taking my kids

I'm sorry about your situation. Sounds messy af

I’m honestly just happy the Grammy cutoff is closing this week, because that 70th Grammy rollout is about to be crazy.

Hip-hop been kinda subpar this year, so I’m ready for this next cycle to kick in. Once that window closes, it’s a whole new race. New albums, new campaigns, new singles, everybody trying to position themselves for the next Grammy run.

The best is yet to come, I can confirmed a big release will happen before the year ends.

Doomed raoty , prolly followed by cities Aviv album

Don’t seem a like down year to me with you had to be there , ggg, stickerbush, slayr - the sky sounds like old Kanye,

Doomed is special

Yeah 656 my favorite rap release this year. Roc was cooking fa sho

Much better than last year

Open Mike eagle got the charisma of a plank

Lowkey Spitta x Wiz been carrying it for me with their collabs

Also... Larry June leveled up with his album

That's not true at all, bro is hilarious on stream

Listen harder you got this